2025-2026 1st Grade Penguins
“Love is Patient, Love is Kind”
-1 Corinthians 13:4-8
June 2026
June 5th – Field Trip
10am Cougar Mountain Zoo
June 8th – Boxitects Exhibit
2:15-3pm, 1st grade classroom
Inspired by our reading focus on how good things can happen when we “think outside the box,” we have been using engineering design skills to transform an ordinary box into something extraordinary. Come by and see our hard work!
June 12th – Last Day of School
10:30am Dismissal
May 2026
May 6th – May Crowning Mass
Please send a flower to school that morning for your child to offer to Mary
May 6th & 7th – SMS Musical
7:00 PM at the Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center
May 19th – Parent Education Night
7pm ZOOM Link
May 20th – Family Mass
9am
May 22nd – No Student Day
Teacher In-Service Day
May 25th – No Student Day
Memorial Day
May 29th – Fly Up/Field Day
1st Grade color is purple!
April 2026
April 1st – 1st Grade leads Mass
Rice Bowl Mass
April 3rd – Good Friday
Stations of the Cross, noon
April 6th-10th, Spring Break
April 15th – 1st Grade leads Mass
April 25th – Gala Auction
April 28th – Class Pictures
April 30th – KCLS Otter Awards Event
1:15-2pm, Koinonia Room
March 2026
March 6th – No Student Day
CIS Retreat for Teachers
March 10th – Parent Education Night
7pm ZOOM Link
March 17th – St. Patrick’s Day
Free Dress Day
March 23rd – Down Syndrome Awareness Day
SMS will participate in the Lots of Socks campaign by wearing mismatch socks and pinning a 3rd to clothing to spark a conversation and celebrate awareness!
February 2026
February 5th – Family Bingo
Gala Kick Off Event, 6:30-8pm
February 6th – No School for Students
PD for teachers
February 11th – Family Mass
9am
February 13th – Valentine’s Day Party
2:15 to 3pm
February 16th-20th – Midwinter Break
January 2026
January 16th – Blue Friday Free Dress
Go Seahawks!!
January 19th – No School
In observation of MLK Jr. Day
January 25th – January 30th
Catholic Schools Week
– Scholastic News Book Fair: 1/25 – 1/30
– Sunday, 1/25: Open House, 9:30am – 12:30pm
– Monday. 1/26: Seraph Sprit Wear Free Dress Day
– Tuesday, 1/27: Mix/Match Free Dress Day
– Wednesday, 1/28: Grandfriends Mass (8:45am) followed by Pancake Breakfast
– Thursday 1/29: Sports Free Dress Day
– Friday 1/30: Pajama Free Dress Day
December 2025
December 1st – 19th – Advent Prayer Circle
Join us daily in the quad at 8:30am for our SMS Advent Prayer Circle.
December 12th – St. Nick Night
6-7pm Christmas concert in the church,
7-8pm Christmas celebration events in the quad.
December 15-19th – Spirit Week
December 19th – Noon Dismissal
Happy Christmas Break! No school 12/22/25 to 1/2/26
November 2025
November 5th – All Saints Day Mass
Your child may dress as a saint and be part of the procession into Mass.
November 7th – 1/2 Day for Accreditation Team Meeting
Noon dismissal.
November 10th – No School Day
In observance of Veteran’s Day.
November 18th – Parent Education Night
7pm. Attendance required. Zoom link here.
November 24- 25th – Parent-Teacher Conferences
1/2 days for students, noon dismissal.
November 26th – Teacher In-Service Day
No classes.
November 27th – 28th – Thanksgiving Break
No classes.
October 2025
October 9th – Move-a-thon
October 10th – Teacher Retreat Day
No school for students.
October 17th – Picture Retake Day
October 21st – Field Trip
1-2:30pm, Newport Way Library
October 25th – Trunk or Treat
3-4pm on SMS playground.
October 29th – Family Mass
9am! Come sit with us 🙂
October 31st – Halloween
School-friendly costumes welcome!
September 2025
Tuesday, September 2nd – First Day of School!
8:30am Morning Prayer, then refreshments for parents to follow
Wednesday, September 10th – 9:00am First School Mass
Thursday, September 11th – Ready, Set, Seraph! Curriculum Night
5:30–8:00 p.m. (Adults only; an informational evening for SMS parents/guardians)
1st Grade slide deck
Friday, September 12 – Picture Day
Individual student photos will be taken at the beginning of the school day.
August 2025
Friday, August 22nd – Early Learning (PK-1st grades) Playdate at the Park
11am – 1pm Inspiration Playground at Downtown Bellevue Park
Wednesday, August 27th – SMS Back to School Welcome Event
Bring supplies and meet Mrs. Arildson!